Skip to content

No image available

The Maltese Falcon (Facsimile Dust Jacket for the 1st Edition Book-JACKET ONLY; NO BOOK)

No image available

The Maltese Falcon (Facsimile Dust Jacket for the 1st Edition Book-JACKET ONLY; NO BOOK)

by Hammett, Dashiell

  • Used
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
See description
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Ventura, California, United States
Item Price
NZ$42.23
Or just NZ$38.01 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
NZ$10.14 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

Ventura, CA: John Anthony Miller Studio, 2014. A rendered facsimile dust jacket for the 1930 first edition book of "The Maltese Falcon." The jacket was rendered by artist and rare book seller John Anthony Miller and archival ink and special paper were used. Jacket comes trimmed and enclosed in a Mylar jacket protector, ready to put on the book. There will be an attached signed label on the verso of the jacket signed and stating that this is a facsimile dust jacket. This jacket will also fit the very early printings by Knopf, but the later printings are a bit different from the first isue dust jacket issued in 1930. We can also make this jacket to fit the Grosset and Dunlap edition of the book, just let us know the dimensions. There is no extra charge for this. Thank you, John Anthony Miller, fine artist..

Synopsis

The Maltese Falcon , author Dashiell Hammett’s third novel, set the standard by which all subsequent detective fiction would be judged. Set in San Francisco in the late 1920s, the novel introduces us to private detective Sam Spade, who characterizes the archetype of the hard-boiled detective in his dead-pan pursuit of the recovery of a black figurine. Having worked for a time for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in San Francisco, Hammett reportedly drew upon his years as a detective in creating Spade and many of the other characters for The Maltese Falcon . The Maltese Falcon was originally serialized in HL Mencken’s “pulp” magazine, Black Mask, beginning with the September 1929 issue. For publication of the book form, editor Blanche Knopf tried to tone down the overt sexuality of the magazine version, fearing the references would alienate readers, but Hammett prevailed. However, the 1941 film adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor (the best known of the novel’s three film versions) excised the homosexual subtext of the novel due to Production Code restraints. Today, the movie is considered a film noir classic and the novel is ranked 56th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century as well as 54th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novels. -

Read More: Identifying first editions of The Maltese Falcon (Facsimile Dust Jacket for the 1st Edition Book-JACKET ONLY; NO BOOK)

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Phantom Bookshop US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
010752
Title
The Maltese Falcon (Facsimile Dust Jacket for the 1st Edition Book-JACKET ONLY; NO BOOK)
Author
Hammett, Dashiell
Book Condition
Used
Jacket Condition
As New
Publisher
John Anthony Miller Studio
Place of Publication
Ventura, CA
Date Published
2014
Keywords
FACSIMILE DUST JACKET, RED HARVEST, THE MALTESE FALCON,

Terms of Sale

Phantom Bookshop

Any item is returnable within 10 days of receipt if not satisfied. Please advise us first and shipping and insurance will be the buyer's expense. Thank you.John Anthony Miller.

About the Seller

Phantom Bookshop

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2003
Ventura, California

About Phantom Bookshop

Phantom Bookshop was established in 1993 by bookman and artist John Anthony Miller and located there for eight years in Downtown Ventura at 451 E. Main St in Ventura, California. Many famous authors and celebrities signed there and was a top favorite bookshop of Ray Bradbury's. We specialize used and rare books, unusual material and signed books with an emphasis on the unique, sci fi and fantasy, first editions, scientific and medical. We also have a nice selection of high quality facsimile dust jackets done etching and engraving artist John Anthony Miller (all jackets are marked tastefully that they are facsimile jackets, printed on high quality non acidic paper using the finest inks that will last a lifetime with care). Phantom Bookshop relocated in 2000 as an internet business.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Facsimile
An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...

This Book’s Categories

tracking-